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Imagine getting punched in the balls during hockey game while Metric is playing, on live TV

What's the only thing worse than sitting through a METRIC concert outside in freezing temperatures? Getting punched in the ballbag during the intermission performance.

As discussed earlier this morning on the FNX Breakfast show, some poor fan at the Heritage Classic up in Calgary over the weekend was rocking the eff out to "Help I'm Alive" when his buddy busted up his unprotected groin area. Sure enough, cameras caught the deed on live TV, then cut away immediately. The victim is decked out in a Flyers shade of orange, so we can only hope he's a Philly fan. 

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